PREORDER***Storm of Steel: Ju-87 STUKA, Eastern Front

VORBESTELLUNG / PREORDER WILL BE RELEASED 04/05 2024

From Compass Games:

Storm of Steel: Ju-87 STUKA, Eastern Front is a solitaire tactical air wargame where you take the role of a Staffelkapitän – Flight leader. Select, equip and fly your aircraft, lead a squadron of Stuka dive bombers and execute close air support missions along the Eastern Front from the opening day of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941 up to the Kursk offensive in 1943.

Take command of the legendary Stuka dive bomber on combat missions over the vast battlefields on the Eastern Front. Select and equip your Stuka Staffel with individual and historically named pilots and gunners or create your own. Lead your unit during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, targeting Soviet airfields, troop concentrations, rail lines, convoys, tank formations, and more. Attempt the final drive on Moscow during Operation Winter Storm. Continue your career to participate in Case Blue and the offensive on Stalingrad. Use the newly converted Ju-87G Stuka tank killer during Operation Citadel to destroy enemy armor. Conduct maritime missions to sink, and disrupt the Red Navy on the Gulf of Finland and the Black Sea utilizing specialized ordnance.

Manage StG-1, 2, or 77, and fly with your Staffel of up to ten Stukas deep into enemy territory. Avoid enemy fighters, bad weather, and murderous anti-aircraft fire to deliver your deadly payload accurately to its target. Log your missions, scores, gain experience for yourself and your unit. An experienced-based promotion system provides an increased level of proficiency for your crew. Between missions; manage replacements and repairs of your aircraft as well as your wounded and KIA crew.

Become a legend while leading your Staffel to victory, or forever disappear into the vast Russian Steppes.

Game Features:

    Solitaire Play

    Historical Units and Missions

    Mission & Campaign Generator specific to each historical period. Never play the same mission twice

    Individual Pilot and Gunner Careers with dozens of historical Stuka crew counters or “name your own”

    Campaign play spanning Barbarossa, Case Blue, and Kursk

    Experience-based promotion system

    Historically accurate payloads and specialized ordnance to choose from

    Crew Stress mechanic adds an additional dimension to player’s tactics

    Simulated enemy fighter presence according to specific periods

    Detailed Aircraft damage model

    Customizable Unit composition

    Crew and Aircraft Repair, Replace and Recovery system

Product Information:

    Complexity: 5 out of 10 (Medium)

    Solitaire Suitability: 10 out of 10 (designed for solitaire play)

    Time Scale: Variable/Single Missions-Operations-Grand Campaign

    Map Scale: Abstracted Zones representing average Ju-87D Range

    Unit Scale: Single Aircraft, Squadron (Staffel), and two to three Stuka formations

    Players: One (solitaire game)

    Playing Time: 15 minutes per mission, 2-3 hours per segment, longer for Operations and Campaign

Components:

    Air Operations Display Mat (full size 22″ x 34″)

    2 counter sheets (9/16″ size)

    16 Aircraft Cards

    24 Event Cards

    Rules booklet

    Mission Log (Sheets)

    3 Player Aid Cards

    Sequence of Play Card

    One 10-sided and two 6-sided dice

    Box and Lid

Game Credits:

    Designer: Joe Fernandez

    Artist: Bruce Yearian

    Project Director: John Kranz

VORBESTELLUNG / PREORDER WILL BE RELEASED 04/05 2024